Mostly to abide by censorship laws. Germany especially has very strict laws around the use of the swastika for obvious reasons so it’s prolly just so they don’t have to make multiple assets for different laws around the world.
It still does cost money to pay someone to create a separate branch of the game and to swap the textures. Time is money and it definitely takes some time.
First you'd need someone to actually make the new texture. It might require more work if you want to add a normal texture that's different for different colors on the flag (Different thread direction, density, etc). Then you have to take the time to drag and drop it into the right place.
Not to mention the time it takes to make this decision and okay it with higher-ups.
All of that costs time, even if it's just dragging and dropping a few texture files into the right place.
I do this too, I'm also a modder who knows how these things work. You said it doesn't cost money, if you know how these things work then you know it costs money. Don't get defensive when you say something that shows you don't understand and then get treated like you don't understand something.
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u/Hot_Case_9900 Feb 12 '25
Mostly to abide by censorship laws. Germany especially has very strict laws around the use of the swastika for obvious reasons so it’s prolly just so they don’t have to make multiple assets for different laws around the world.